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2021-01-17T15:07:50.320Z


The letter to the editor that Andrea and Albert Klühspies wrote in mid-December for an article about the “Peißenberger Gabentisch” was rather small, but had a big impact: Upon their suggestion to donate for the gift table, twelve donors transferred money there.


The letter to the editor that Andrea and Albert Klühspies wrote in mid-December for an article about the “Peißenberger Gabentisch” was rather small, but had a big impact: Upon their suggestion to donate for the gift table, twelve donors transferred money there.

Peißenberg - Albert Klühspies saw with his own eyes how important it is to have the "Peißenberger gift table".

The Peißenberger used to work there as a helper himself and has seen that poverty can affect everyone - regardless of age, origin and religious affiliation.

After reading the report “Gabentisch zurück im Pfarrsaal”, which appeared in this newspaper in mid-December, he and his wife Andrea had the idea of ​​calling for donations for the “Peißenberger Gabentisch” with a letter to the editor: “We wanted to bring in the Peißenberger shake it up a bit, ”says Albert Klühspies.

The couple wrote that many would and could afford special things at Christmas and New Year's Eve, but there are also other living conditions: “In our community, however, there are a large number of people who cannot even afford what is absolutely necessary because of their financial situation Then the couple suggested donating part of what a New Year's Eve fireworks would have cost to the “Peißenberger Gabentisch” and added the bank account number.

What happened afterwards surprised and delighted both the Klühspies and Rudolf Fischer from the management team of the “Gabentisch”: In response to this letter to the editor, twelve donations were received in the “Gabentisch” account.

"Some donors referred directly to the letter to the editor," says Fischer, while others referred shortly after the letter to the editor appeared, so that a connection can also be assumed there.

"In total it was over 1000 euros," says Fischer.

Fischer also informed Albert Klühspies that the appeal to the Peißenbergers was so successful when he asked whether the "gift table" had received donations.

Albert Klühspies was delighted and touched by this response: "When Mr. Fischer told me that numerous people had donated after the letter to the editor, I almost cried," he says.

He and his wife would have been very happy about the willingness to donate - even donors from Hohenpeißenberg and Burggen felt that they were being addressed.

Above all, however, he was touched by the fact that the reaction to his appeal showed that the Peißenbergers stick together.

“Yes, there is: solidarity in Peißenberg!” Wrote Albert Klühspies in a letter to this newspaper, with which he wanted to address the Peißenbergers.

“The reaction to my letter to the editor at the end of 2020 was a great willingness to donate for the gift table.

You have proven that solidarity is not just an empty phrase.

I am thrilled and thank you very much! ”He continued.

Albert Klühspies was not born in Peißenberg, but has lived in the market town for around 25 years and feels at home there.

The fact that many Peißenbergers followed his call is a sign for him that solidarity is being lived in the market town.

"I'm very pleased that people said we'd help together," says Albert Klühspies.

The helpers at the “gift table”, as Fischer says, were also happy about this appeal for donations and about the willingness to donate.

The team, which consists of around 70 helpers, is dependent on donations to keep the “table of gifts” that is offered in Peißenberg “under the roof of the churches” for those in need running.

The goods are largely donated by supermarkets, bakeries and other grocery stores.

Much of it would be disposed of, for example because of the best before date, if it did not end up on the "gift table".

But some things also have to be bought regularly.

“We often have to buy fresh fruit and vegetables, milk and dairy products and things like sugar and flour,” explains Fischer.

Goods worth 300 euros were only purchased on Wednesday.

The food distribution for the needy takes place on Wednesdays in the parish home of St. Barbara, where the groceries are placed on long tables, which the helpers then distribute.

Due to the corona pandemic, the issue is currently subject to a strict hygiene concept.

According to Fischer, an average of 45 customers visit the "gift table".

He fears, however, that the influx could increase in the coming months if the economic consequences of the lockdowns and contact restrictions make themselves felt.

He encourages the Peißenbergers to visit the “gift table” when they are in need: “People should trust themselves,” says Fischer.

Source: merkur

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